Agrigenomics

Agrigenomics

The power of genomics in agriculture

Transform the future of agriculture

Agricultural genomics, or agrigenomics (the application of genomics in agriculture), has and will continue to drive sustainable productivity and offer solutions to the mounting challenges of feeding the global population. Using modern technology, farmers, breeders, and researchers can easily identify the genetic markers linked to desirable traits, informing cultivation and breeding decisions.

We are dedicated to advancing the future of agrigenomics through product development and interaction with the community. Our microarray and next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are helping researchers and breeders develop healthier and more productive crops and livestock.

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Agricultural genomics applications

Plant and animal sequencing

Genome sequencing in agriculture can help improve our food supply, ensure a sustainable environment, and support species conservation.

Plant and animal genotyping

Microarrays are useful tools for plant genotyping and animal genotyping studies, offering a cost-effective method for SNP screening.

Agriculture consortia

Illumina facilitates collaborations between breeders and researchers so they can develop custom products for their species of interest. Members pool resources, Illumina coordinates, and everyone benefits.

Commercial agriculture

Agrigenomics empowers applications such as trait screening, marker-assisted backcrossing, and parentage testing. Our technologies help researchers and breeders evaluate and predict genetic merit.

Plant and animal genomics

Researchers are using genotyping and next-generation sequencing technologies to study agricultural species and gain a better understanding of the genetic variation influencing phenotypes.

Agricultural community

Illumina is dedicated to making tangible contributions to the agricultural community. We are committed to enabling groundbreaking research that aims to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and poverty around the globe.

Empowering agrigenomics across the globe

“This is the most exciting time to be in genomics,” says Charlie Johnson from Texas A&M University. He, along with Chris Austin and Larry Croft from Deakin University in Australia and Ryo Koyanagi from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan, discuss how the NovaSeq System is making large-scale plant and animal sequencing projects possible.

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Recent agrigenomics articles

With the introduction of genotyping, we can now select animals efficiently using specific criteria. It has enabled us to make genetic progress in animal morphology, milk production, and quality. It’s been a radical change that is saving us years over the way we used to perform breeding selection.

Alain Decher Farmer at GAEC des Culards, a collectively owned farm in Saint-André d’Huiriat, France.
Read article: Genomics in herd management

There are many strains of bacteria in the intestine, and if you wanted to culture every strain of the bacteria, it might be not feasible because more than 90% of bacteria cannot be cultured. But with NGS, it’s like a cross-section of what exists inside the gut. The big data generated from NGS can also identify genomic variation and functional genes.

Dr. Lampet Saninjuk Chief Scientist at Porcinotec
Read article: Farm animal gut microbiomes
Expansive view of a field of rows of potato plants flowering.

Genomics and feeding a hungry world

Agriculture has sustained and enhanced human life for thousands of years, but a changing environment and expanding population is increasing demand for more productive and more sustainable farming. Listen to Dr. Andrzej Kilian of Diversity Arrays Technology describe how NGS-based genotyping is helping to develop more sustainable agriculture practices.

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Featured agrigenomics product

Illumina DNA Prep

A fast, integrated workflow for a wide range of applications, from human whole-genome sequencing to amplicons, plasmids, and microbial species.

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Agrigenomics resources

Introduction to NGS for agriculture

The years since the introduction of NGS have seen a major transformation in the way scientists extract genetic information from biological systems.

Agrigenomics research review

This review covers the applications of genomics in agriculture and gives an overview of recent innovations in agrigenomics that present breeders with powerful tools to advance agriculture.

Additional resources

Bringing a Better Steak to Texas

Genetic selection tools based on the BovineSNP50 BeadChip array enable 44 Farms to ensure Angus beef quality from farm to table.

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